Polar vortex blasts US midwest

By Suzannah Gonzales
Updated January 30 2019 - 12:46pm, first published 12:41pm
Authorities in Chicago are warning residents of a deep and dangerous freeze due to the polar vortex.
Authorities in Chicago are warning residents of a deep and dangerous freeze due to the polar vortex.

A blast of Arctic air from the polar vortex has brought dangerous, bone-chilling cold to a wide swath of the United States, stretching from the Dakotas through Maine, with snow expected as far south as Alabama and Georgia.

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